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In reply to the discussion: Just got my ACA premium notice for next year [View all]moriah
(8,312 posts)I recommended those who were Medicaid/Private Option eligible in my state apply through access.arkansas.gov, because it was working better than the Exchange was. But when I did that with a current Marketplace application also pending, I ended up with two Medicaid numbers (and apparently one is still active despite me being granted my disability and updating my income on the Marketplace, though I've called many times). So that shows right there that there's a lack of communication between State and Federal marketplaces.
The federal Exchange was a computer technicians nightmare when it opened and anyone who denies it is FOS. I tried three different times to get a user name that would stick and let me log back in to see my info, finally went to the state website because I couldn't log back in to see progress or look like it fully submitted an application. Ended up with two Medicaid IDs. Later they reset all passwords and a technician helped me find the one that was correct for me to log in and update my income information. And I worked on computers, I wasn't a website dummy.
The fact is, computers fuck up. All computers do. Trying to do something on a scale like this is going to have fuckups.
I can say that and still be very happy for my Obamacare, and not wanting it to be dismantled, and not be a Republican in disguise since 2008 on here. Notice the OP blamed the insurance company, not Obamacare itself.
You sound like you are very cynical.